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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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