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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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