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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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