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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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