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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
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...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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