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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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