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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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