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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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