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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

