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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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