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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston