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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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