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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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