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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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