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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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