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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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