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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
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