Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight 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...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

