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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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