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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown