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...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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