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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

