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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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