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