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

