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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

