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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

