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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

