In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasnโt set up to show talkies. As the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

