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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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