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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

