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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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