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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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