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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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