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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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