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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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