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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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