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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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