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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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