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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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