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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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