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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown