In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

