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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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