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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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