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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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