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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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