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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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