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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown