In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City