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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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