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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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