Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

