In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston