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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

