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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
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: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

