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