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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
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 Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown