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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

