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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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