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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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