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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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