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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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