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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
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
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown