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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
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 Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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