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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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