In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

