In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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