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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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