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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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