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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

