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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

