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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

