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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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