Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

