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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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