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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston