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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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