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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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