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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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