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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

