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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown