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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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