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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

