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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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