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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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