In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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