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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
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...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

