Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

