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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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