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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

