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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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