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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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