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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
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