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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

