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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

