In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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