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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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