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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

