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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

