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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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