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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
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 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...

