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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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