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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

