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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

