Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

