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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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