Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

