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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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