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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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