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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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