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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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