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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
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...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

