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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

