Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

