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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

