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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

