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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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