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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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