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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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