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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

