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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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