The McKnightโs 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 stateโs empire builders, St. Paulโs elite built their...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce 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...

