Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

