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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

