In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

