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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

