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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

