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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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