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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

