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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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