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