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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

