Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

