Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

