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

