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