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