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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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