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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

