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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

