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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
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...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

