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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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