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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

