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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

