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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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