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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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