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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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