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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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