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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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