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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

