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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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