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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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