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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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