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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

