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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

