Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

