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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

