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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston