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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
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...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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