The McKnightโs Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

