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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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