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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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