Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

