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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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