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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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