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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

