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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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