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 Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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