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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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