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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

