In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

