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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

