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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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