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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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