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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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