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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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