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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Old Brewery In Preston