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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

