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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

