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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

