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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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