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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

