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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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