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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

