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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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