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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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