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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

