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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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