In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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