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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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