In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

