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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

