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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

