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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

