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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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