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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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