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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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