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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

