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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
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
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

