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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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