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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

