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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

