Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

