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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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