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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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