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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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