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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

