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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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