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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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