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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

