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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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