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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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