Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

