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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

