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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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