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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

