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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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