Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

