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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

