In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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