The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Twin Cities Area
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

