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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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