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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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