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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City