Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

