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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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