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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

