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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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