In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown