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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

