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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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