In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

