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

