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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

