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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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