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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown