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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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