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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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