In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

