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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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