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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

