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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

