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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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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