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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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