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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

