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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

