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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

