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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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