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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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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