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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
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