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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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