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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

