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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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