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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

