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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

