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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
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...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

