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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
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...

