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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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