In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

