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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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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