In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

