In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

