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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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