In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

