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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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