In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

