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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

