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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

