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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown