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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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