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

