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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown