Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

