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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

