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

