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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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