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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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