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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

