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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
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...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown