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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

