In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

