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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St 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...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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