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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
