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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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