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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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