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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

