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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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