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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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