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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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