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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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