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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

