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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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