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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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