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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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