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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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