In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

