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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

