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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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