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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

