Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

