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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

