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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

