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