Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

