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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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