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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

