In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

