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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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