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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

