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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

