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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

