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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown