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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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