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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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