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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

