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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
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...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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