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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul