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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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