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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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