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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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