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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

