In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

