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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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