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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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