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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

