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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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