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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown