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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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