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