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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

