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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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