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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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