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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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