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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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