Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
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...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

