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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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