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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

