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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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