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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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