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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In 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