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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston