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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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