Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

