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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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