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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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