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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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