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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown