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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
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...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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