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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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