Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

