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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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