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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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