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