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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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