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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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