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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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