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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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