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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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