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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston