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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

