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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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