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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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