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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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