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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

