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