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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

