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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
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...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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