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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
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...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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 East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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