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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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