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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
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...
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

