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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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