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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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