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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

