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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

