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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

