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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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...

