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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

