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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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