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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

