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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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