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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

