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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
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...
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown