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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

