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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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