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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

