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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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