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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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