Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Twin Cities Area
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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