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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
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...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston