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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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