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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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