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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

