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