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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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