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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

