In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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