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
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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