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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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