Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

