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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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