In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

