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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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