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