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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

