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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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