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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

