Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

