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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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