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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown