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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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