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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown