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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

