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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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