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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

