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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

