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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

