Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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