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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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