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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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