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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

