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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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