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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown