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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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