George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

