In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

