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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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