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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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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