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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

