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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

