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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

