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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 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...

