Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

