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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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