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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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