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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

