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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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