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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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...
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