In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City