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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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