In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

