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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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