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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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