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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

