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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

