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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
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...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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