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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston