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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

