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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolisโ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 motherโs death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

