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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

