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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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