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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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