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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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