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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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