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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

