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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

