In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

