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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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