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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

