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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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