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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into 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...

