In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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