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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

