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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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