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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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