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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

