Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
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...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

