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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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