In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

