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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

