Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

