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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

