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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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