In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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