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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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