Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

