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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

