Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

