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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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