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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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 Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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