In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

