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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

