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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

