Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

