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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

