The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City