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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

