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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
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...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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