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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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