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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

