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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

