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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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