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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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