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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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