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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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