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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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