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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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