In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

