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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul