In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

