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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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