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...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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