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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston