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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown