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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

