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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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