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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

