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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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