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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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