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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

