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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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