In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

